I think we can save reefs in the Caribbean and the Pacific. But we need proper water treatment systems throughout the world and large enough networks of marine reserves. |
It's unexpected. The water quality components governments typically monitor - nitrogen and phosphorus - aren't killing the coral directly. It's sugars making bacteria on corals grow out of control. |
The scary thing is that even in the Great Barrier Reef, one of the most protected reefs in the world, researchers are seeing more diseases every time they look. |